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    Wayne Johnston

    Wayne Johnston, novelist (born at Goulds, NL 22 May 1958). Born in a small community just south of St John's, Wayne Johnston spent most of his childhood moving from place to place within the St John's area - a fact reflected in his semi-autobiographical first novel, The Story of Bobby O'Malley.

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    Wayne Riddell

    Wayne (Kerr) Riddell, CM, organist, choir conductor, teacher (born 10 September 1936 in Lachute, QC: died 6 November 2022 in Montreal, QC). Wayne Riddell was an accomplished choral conductor and faculty member of the Schulich School of Music at McGill University (1968–80).

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    Wayne Robson

    Wayne Robson, actor (b at Vancouver 29 Apr 1946, d at Toronto 5 Apr 2011). Wayne Robson began his professional career on the stage in 1966 when he was 20 years old. The stern-looking, squinty-eyed youth had a life-sized presence sought after for characters in both film and television.

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    Wayson Choy

    Wayson Choy, CM, writer, teacher (born 20 April 1939 in Vancouver. BC; died 28 April 2019 in Toronto, ON). Wayson Choy was an influential Chinese Canadian novelist, memoirist and short-story writer. His debut novel, The Jade Peony (1995), tells an intimate tale of an immigrant family living in Vancouver’s Chinatown during the Second World War. It won the Trillium Book Award and the City of Vancouver Book Award in 1996. His second novel, All That Matters (2004), won the Trillium Book Award and was shortlisted for the Scotiabank Giller Prize. His first memoir, Paper Shadows: A Chinatown Childhood (1999), won the Edna Staebler Award for Creative Non-Fiction. An openly gay man, Choy was also an advocate for LGBTQ2S rights as well as a dedicated teacher and mentor.

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    We Demand

    We Demand was a 13-page document that called for changes to discriminatory federal laws and policies concerning gays, bisexuals, and lesbians in Canada. The brief, which contained ten points, was presented to the federal government in 1971. It set a national strategy that was pursued for decades until all the demands were met.

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    W.E. Fairclough

    W.E. (William Erving) Fairclough. Organist, choirmaster, teacher, b Barrie, Upper Canada (Ontario), 29 Aug 1859, d ?; FRCO 1888. His parents settled in Hamilton, Ont, in 1865, and he sang as an alto in Christ Church choir and studied piano with G.F. De Vine and organ with D.J. O'Brien.

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    Valerie Weeks

    Valerie Weeks. Harpsichordist, b Toronto 6 Dec 1954; ARCT 1974, B MUS (Toronto) 1978.

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    Weir Celebrates Masters Win

    IT WAS NEARLY MIDNIGHT when the post-Masters dinner finally broke up.This article was originally published in Maclean's Magazine on April 28, 2003

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    Welby Patterson

    Welby Lloyd Patterson, MM, Indigenous Second World War soldier (born 10 June 1922 in Six Nations of the Grand River, ON; died 14 April 1945 at Friesoythe, Germany). Welby Patterson worked at various jobs before he joined the army in 1943. He served in the infantry and fought across North-West Europe. Patterson received the Military Medal for bravery, but he was killed in action shortly before the war ended.

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    Weldon Kilburn

    Weldon (Nicholas) Kilburn. Teacher, pianist, organist, coach, b Lloydminster, Alta, 9 Sep 1906, d Toronto 6 Mar 1986; ATCM 1925, LAB.

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    Wellie Ringuette

    Wellie or Willy Ringuette. Violoneux, composer, b Franklin, NH, 6 Feb 1898, d Trois-Rivières, Que, 10 Sep 1969. At eight he began playing a violin made by his father.

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    Wells Coates

    Wells Wintemute Coates, architect, designer, writer (b at Tokyo, Japan 17 Dec 1895; d at Vancouver 17 June 1958).

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    Wen Wei Wang

    Despite his parents' attempts to guide him into the painting or music, Wen Wei Wang felt called to dance from an early age. His professional training began at the school of the Langzhou Regional Dance Company in 1978, and 4 years later he joined the professional troupe.

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    Wendel Meldrum

    Wendy “Wendel” Anne Meldrum, actress, screenwriter (born 21 July 1954 in Edmonton, AB; died 27 January 2021). Wendel Meldrum's most compelling quality as an actress was her ability to convey a sort of artless grace; she had a knack for playing blameless characters who have no capacity for cunning.

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    Wendy Crewson

    Wendy Jane Crewson, actor (born 9 May 1956 in Hamilton, ON). One of Canadian television’s best-known and most honoured actors, Wendy Crewson has won multiple Gemini Awards for her work in Canadian TV series and TV movies. She has also enjoyed a prolific film career and has acted opposite such Hollywood stars as Harrison Ford, Helen Mirren, Robert Redford, Michelle Pfeiffer, Rachel McAdams, Elliot Page and Arnold Schwarzenegger. An outspoken advocate for Canadian film and television, she has been inducted into Canada’s Walk of Fame and received the Gemini Humanitarian Award, ACTRA’s Award of Excellence, and the Earle Grey Award for lifetime achievement in Canadian television.

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